All the recent hand wringing over AI reminded me of a poem I wrote a couple of dacades ago on a similar theme.

ROBOTS

There was Tobor, Robby
And HAL 9000,
Then Rhino, just a link in
Servo-cybernetic evolution,
A manipulating arm
Moved by solid state servo brain.

See its wonders;
Marvel at its aim.
So, what’s next
in this evolutionary chain,
A surgical transplant from
Me or you to servo brain?

–LE — 1995